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  • 61paddle — I 1. noun use the paddles to row ashore Syn: oar, scull, blade 2. verb we paddled around the bay Syn: row gently, pull, scull, canoe, kayak II verb children were paddling in the water Syn …

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  • 62wade — v 1. walk through water, ford, traverse, cross; paddle, play in water, bathe, dip, splash about. 2. wade into start in, enter in, set to, go to it, Sl. get with it; set to work, buckle down, knuckle down, Inf. tackle, attack; plunge into, pitch… …

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  • 63paddle — I 1. noun use the paddles to row ashore Syn: oar, scull 2. verb we paddled around the bay Syn: row, pull, scull II verb children were paddling in the water Syn: splash (about), dabble …

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  • 64poodle — [19] The ancestor of the modern poodle was a water dog, used probably in the hunting of water fowl – very different from the effete toy variety of today. Its name reflects its aquatic origins: in German it is pudelhund, the first element (a… …

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  • 65barbotine — |bärbə|tēn noun ( s) Etymology: French, from barboter to splash about + ine 1. : slip VII 1a 2. or …

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  • 66plounce — ˈplau̇n(t)s verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: probably imitative transitive verb chiefly dialect : to plunge (a person) into water usually as a punishment for being a scold : duck intra …

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  • 67splashier — splash ► VERB 1) (with reference to a liquid) fall or cause to fall in scattered drops. 2) make wet or cover with scattered drops. 3) strike or move around in water, causing it to fly about. 4) (splash down) (of a spacecraft) land on water. 5)… …

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  • 68splashiest — splash ► VERB 1) (with reference to a liquid) fall or cause to fall in scattered drops. 2) make wet or cover with scattered drops. 3) strike or move around in water, causing it to fly about. 4) (splash down) (of a spacecraft) land on water. 5)… …

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  • 69splashy — splash ► VERB 1) (with reference to a liquid) fall or cause to fall in scattered drops. 2) make wet or cover with scattered drops. 3) strike or move around in water, causing it to fly about. 4) (splash down) (of a spacecraft) land on water. 5)… …

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  • 70Splashed — Splash Splash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Splashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Splashing}.] [Akin to plash.] 1. To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash. [1913 Webster] 2. To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet. [1913 Webster] …

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